scientific process (1)
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- Created on: 11-10-18 11:42
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- The scientific process
- science tests theories
- all scientific work must be peer reviewed before publishing
- peer review is a process used to ensure the integrity of published scientific work. Before publication work is sent to peers to asses the quality
- this process helps keep scientists honest, if data doesn't support conclusion it won't pass
- helps validate conclusions
- sometimes mistakes are made and bad science is published
- science is about establishing truths
- scientific research should be objective-independent of beliefs or opinions
- methods should be empirical- based on data not only theory. best way to do this is carry out experiment that collects quantitative data and has strictly controlled variables
- should be replicable and establish a cause and effect
- science answers real life questions and tests hypotheses
- the scientific process tests hypothesis and asks questions
- carry out a test that will support the hypothesis
- suggest an answer, or part of an answer, by forming a theory
- 1) ask a question- make an observation and ask why or how
- make a prediction or hypothesis
- popper(1969) argued theories should be falsifiable
- argues theories are abstract so it's impossible to prove them right through empirical research
- claims a theory isn't scientific if it is falsifiable
- can be proved wrong
- science tests theories
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